Artist's Illustration of the New Silicon Chip (IMAGE)

University of Queensland

Artist's Illustration of the New Silicon Chip

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Tracks called waveguides guide photons in silicon. Spirals of these waveguides are used to generate photons that are routed around the processor circuit.

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Xiaogang Qiang, University of Bristol.

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